Stages of Reality

AndrÉ Loiselle is a professor in the Film Studies program and assistant vice-president (Academic) at Carleton University.Jeremy Maron is a doctoral candidate in the Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture at Carleton University.

‘This is a lively and stimulating collection of essays that will appeal to both theatre and film scholars and students alike, and ably demonstrate that a discussion of cinematic theatricality can facilitate productive reflection on the nature and function of filmic realities.’ - Victoria Lowe (Screen vol 55:01:2014)

• IntroductionANDRÉ LOISELLE and JEREMY MARONPart One Traces of Theatricality: Stage-to-Screen Adaptations Self-Adaptation: Queer Theatricality in Brad Fraser’s Leaving Metropolis and Robert Lepage’s La face cachÉe de la luneSYLVAIN DUGUAY Brechtian Television: Theatricality and Adaptation of the Stage PlayBILLY SMARTPart Two Cinematic Theatricality, Genre, and Gender CinÉma du Grand Guignol: Theatricality in the Horror FilmANDRÉ LOISELLE ‘I’ll Show Them!’ Creating Legal Spectacles in Revenge CinemaR.J. TOUGAS The Ethics of Murder: Trial as Performance in the Maternal MelodramaBRENDA AUSTIN-SMITH Theatricality in the Cleopatra Films: Women (or We Men?) of PowerSARAH HATCHUELPart Three The Politics of Cinematic Theatricality Committed TheatricalitySYLVIE BISSONNETTE Theatrical Games and the Gift of a Fable: Performance vs. Reality in Roberto Benigni’s Life Is BeautifulJEREMY MARONPart Four Performance, Voice, Movement, and the Theatricality of Cinema Playing to the Balcony: Screen Acting, Distance, and Cavellian TheatricalityAARON TAYLOR Bullet-Time, Becoming, and the Sway of Theatricality: Performance and Play in The MatrixBRUCE BARTONSelected BibliographyContributors